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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2019:3898-01 Moderate Risk for Libcomps

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Calendar Grey November 18, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A recent patch for libcomps in Red Hat Enterprise Linux resolves some moderate security issues. Refer to the advisory for further information.
An update for libcomps is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Libcomps is library for structure-like manipulation with content of comps XML files. Supports read/write XML file, structure(s) modification.
Security Fix(es):
* libcomps: use after free when merging two objmrtrees (CVE-2019-3817)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue Red Hat software update libcomps

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3817 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras:
Source: libcomps-0.1.8-13.el7.src.rpm
noarch: libcomps-doc-0.1.8-13.el7.noarch.rpm python-libcomps-doc-0.1.8-13.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: libcomps-0.1.8-13.el7.x86_64.rpm libcomps-debuginfo-0.1.8-13.el7.x86_64.rpm libcomps-devel-0.1.8-13.el7.x86_64.rpm python2-libcomps-0.1.8-13.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras:
Source: libcomps-0.1.8-13.el7.src.rpm
noarch: libcomps-doc-0.1.8-13.el7.noarch.rpm python-libcomps-doc-0.1.8-13.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: libcomps-0.1.8-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm libcomps-debuginfo-0.1.8-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm libcomps-devel-0.1.8-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm python2-libcomps-0.1.8-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libcomps-0.1.8-13.el7.s390x.rpm libcomps-debuginfo-0.1.8-13.el7.s390x.rpm libcomps-devel-0.1.8-13.el7.s390x.rpm python2-libcomps-0.1.8-13.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libcomps-0.1.8-13.el7.x86_64.rpm libcomps-debuginfo-0.1.8-13.el7.x86_64.rpm libcomps-devel-0.1.8-13.el7.x86_64.rpm python2-libcomps-0.1.8-13.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras:
Source: libcomps-0.1.8-13.el7.src.rpm
noarch: libcomps-doc-0.1.8-13.el7.noarch.rpm python-libcomps-doc-0.1.8-13.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: libcomps-0.1.8-13.el7.x86_64.rpm libcomps-debuginfo-0.1.8-13.el7.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3898-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3898
Issue date: 2019-11-18

Topic

An update for libcomps is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue Red Hat software update libcomps

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras - noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1668005 - CVE-2019-3817 libcomps: use after free when merging two objmrtrees

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